The proposal received warm receptions from both GOP senators who attended the briefing, as well as Trump himself, with a senior administration official telling reporters after the White House sit-down that the package should now be considered “the President Trump plan.”

Sen. Martha McSally, whose border state of Arizona is in the bullseye of what Trump has deemed a national emergency, came away impressed.

“It was a thoughtful conversation. This should be a unifying issue,” McSally told Fox News. “This was a meeting where we talked about ideas to revamp our legal immigration system and secure our border, [and] build the partnerships between the executive branch and the legislative branch. … This is a good step forward.”

Added Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton, “I heard large areas of agreement from everyone in the room.”

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Cotton called the meeting a “very productive conversation,” and said that he believes things are “moving in the right direction.”

Kushner and the White House are still hammering out the fine details, but attendees said that they expect to see a formal public proposal sooner rather than later.

“That certainly seems to be the direction they’re going,” Texas Sen. Ted Cruz told Politico. “The principal focus was border security, closing the loopholes that right now are mandating catch-and-release and helping cause the crisis we have at the border and also reforming legal immigration.”

Attendees said that no Democratic lawmakers were at the meeting, though it wasn’t immediately clear whether any were invited.